Algorithms are increasingly shaping children’s lives, but new guardrails could prevent them from getting hurt.
Algorithms can change the course of children’s lives. Kids are interacting with Alexas that can record their voice data and influence their speech and social development. They’re binging videos on TikTok and YouTube pushed to them by recommendation systems that end up shaping their worldviews.
… Children are often at the forefront when it comes to using and being used by AI, and that can leave them in a position to get hurt. … The Unicef guidelines are meant to complement existing themes and tailor them to children. Read More
Daily Archives: September 18, 2020
Why Adversarial Machine Learning Is the Next Big Threat to National Security
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), a division of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) tasked with accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the branches of the military, has stated that AI will eventually impact every mission carried out by the DoD.
… In particular, adversarial machine learning (AML), an emerging AI practice that involves independent and state-sponsored actors manipulating machine learning algorithms to cause model malfunctions, could have catastrophic consequences. Read More
Library of Congress Launches New Tool to Search Historical Newspaper Images
The public can now explore more than 1.5 million historical newspaper images online and free of charge. The latest machine learning experience from Library of Congress Labs, Newspaper Navigator allows users to search visual content in American newspapers dating 1789-1963.
… Through the creative ingenuity of Innovator in Residence Benjamin Lee and advances in machine learning, Newspaper Navigator now makes images in the newspapers searchable by enabling users to search by visual similarity. Read More
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